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INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL 
and CIVIC FEATURES 

of the 

National Capital of tl|? 
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By GEORGE H. GALL 



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Issued by the 

Special Booklet Committee 

CHARLES W. CLAGETT - - - Chairman 
ALBERT SCHULTEIS - - - Vice-Chairman 

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MafiJjtttQton 

THOMAS GRANT. Secretary 
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A FOREWORD 



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HE Washington Chamber of Com- 
merce issues this booklet for the 
purpose of attracting the attention 
of the country to a phase of develop- 
ment of the Capital of the Nation 
which is far less exploited than its 
national aspect. As a city she enjoys more pub- 
licity than any other, but seldom are her purely 
local, civic features brought directly to the atten- 
tion of the people of the United States. Guide 
books tell all about things of historic and Govern- 
mental interest and the newspapers and magazines 
are filled with the doings of her statesmen. 
^ The industrial, commercial, financial, educa- 
tional, residential and other civic features, however, 
do not enjoy this wide publicity. The following 
pages are offered, therefore, for the information 
of the manufacturer or merchant who would seek 
a tavorable place for his factory or commercial 
house ; the careful investor in real estate ; the man 
or woman who is seeking the best city in the 
United States for a permanent place of residence ; 
the young man or woman who would acquire 
an education where are offered the best advan- 
tages for culture, and for the enlightenment of 
the visitor. 

^ The Chamber of Commerce would have 
Americans know the Washington of Washing- 
tonians as they now know their own Washington, 
their capital city. 







GREAT FALLS OP THE POTOMAC 



MANUFACTURES AT THE CAPITAL 




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NDUSTRIAL Washington— this is 
the side of the city's development that 
few Washingtonians and fewer Amer- 
icans in other cities know, yet it is 
an important side and one destined 
to become much more so. A large 
= _ _ number of serious and influential busi- 
yttipy ness men of the city have set them- 

^Q» selves the task of encouraging the in- 

dustries already established here and 
of adding constantly to their number. They are con- 
vinced that the first President's prediction that 
"Washington city will in time become the greatest 
commercial emporium of the American people" will 
not fall very far short of the actual fact. 

$45,000,000 INVESTED. 

Washington is no mean manufacturing city now. 
Figures are not available for a period later than the 
year 1905, but at that time the census of manufac- 
tures for the District showed that there was invested 
in private manufacturing here over $20,000,000 and in 



maimfactures in Govcrmncnt establishments nearly 
$25,000,000. Here are the figures for that year ex- 
actly: 

Private Govei'iiment 

Capital invested in manufacturing es- 

lishments , $20,199,783 $24,567,754 

Salaried officials i,oo6 478 

Wage earners 6,299 1 0,982 

Total wages 3,658,370 9,740,261 

Miscellaneous expenses 2,724,840 4,502,090 

Cost of materials used 7.73i,97i 4,295,997 

Value of products 18,359,159 15,079,361 

RAPID GROWTH. 

Since these figures were compiled there has been a not- 
able increase in the number of establishments in the Dis 
trict and in the prosperity of those already in existence. A 




NEW POWER PLANT, POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER CO. 



great modern steel plant has been established at Gies- 
boro Point, just within the District borders, and was put 
into operation last year. A large automobile factory 
is just starting operations in another section; a local 
trunk and leather goods manufacturer has so in- 
creased his business that he will move his force into 
a newly erected and modernly equipped factory well 
within the borders of the city proper providing for 
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a largely increased output. A wholesale grocery 
business established only eight years ago is now 
moving part of its equipment into a factcn-y building 
for the production of a large output of cider and vine- 
gar. A paper manufacturing concern, established 
about the same time, has built up a trade in every 
part of the Union, and to meet increasing sales has 
more than doubled its capacity within the past year 
and is considering a much larger increase. A paper- 
box factory has been established within the past year. 
A clothing factory has been moved from Brooklyn to 
Washington and its business increased. A huge new 







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electric power plant has been erected and put into 
operation within the past eighteen months. 

Through the active assistance of the manufactures 
committee of the Chamber of Commerce a local pork 
and beef packing concern, whose output has been about 
$800,000 annually, has been enabled to install a crude 
cotton-seed oil refining plant and increase its facilities 
and equipment so that the annual product henceforth is 
expected to reach $5,000,000. Other evidences of purely 
industrial growth are numerous. 

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ADVANTAGES. 

It would appear, therefore, that Washington is 
forging ahead industrially at a rapid rate. The rea- 
sons are not difficult to discover. Excellent power 
facilities, an abundance of good sites at low figures, 
the best freight transportation facilities, low taxes, 
the absence of a large municipal debt, plentiful sup- 
ply of skilled and unskilled labor at prices com- 
paring favorably with those of other centers, close- 
ness to large markets and to raw products and fuel, 
low cost of living, ideal climatic conditions, and ab- 
sence of serious labor disturbances owing to Federal 
control of the District. 

This is what Washington offers to prospective man- 
ufacturers. In addition to this the investor who is 
seeking a site for his manufacturing establishment 
will find in the Washington Chamber of Commerce 
a set of men ready to give him all possible assistance 
in locating and becoming established. 

They have shown themselves willing to meet more than 
half way any projector of an industrial establishment. 

TRANSPORTATION. 

The railroads of the North and South converge at 
Washington and the Potomac affords water transporta- 
tion to all Atlantic seaboard ports. The Wabash is now 
projecting a line into the District and the Pennsylvania 
Railroad has invested $3,000,000 in freight handling facil- 
ities on the south bank of the river. The Baltimore and 
Ohio Railroad has also established ideal freight facili- 
ties along its main line, just north of the new Union 
Station and a freight line into Georgetown is projected 
for the near future. The trackage facilities afforded 
have resulted in one case, in the establishment of the 
largest hay house in the country, with a capacity of 200 
cars. The track from the B. & O. runs directly into 
the structure, so that there is no expense necessary for 
hauling or second or third handling. 

The average wages per hour of skilled laborers is shown 
to be lower than those obtaining in New York, Philadelphia 
and Baltimore. This condition also extends to unskilled 
labor. A population of 339,000, of which 100,000 are 
colored, makes all kinds of labor plentiful and cheap. 

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POWER. 

Electric power is available for all purposes at a 
low cost. For the capitalist who is looking for a 
great field of power development the vicinity of Wash- 
ington furnishes a most promising field. The Great 
Falls of the Potomac, twelve miles above the city, 
iiave not as yet been exploited for power purposes. It 
is estimated that 50,000 horse power could readily be 
developed from these falls and an additional 12,000 
from the Little Falls a few miles below. A glance 
at the picture of the falls with their madly rushing 
waters is a suggestion of power itself. 




/P ENGRAVING AND PKIN' 



Coal is brought down from West Virginia and 
Maryland mines at a low cost by the Chesapeake and 
Ohio Canal, and the Government is already com- 
mitted to the widening and deepening of the channel 
of the Potomac so as to make possible a great in- 
crease of water transportation. 

Abundant cheap and accessible sites are available. 
On the railroads, on the water front or both hun- 
dreds of acres are to be had for factory purposes. 

Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, him- 
self a captain of industry, has painted a glowing fu- 
ture for industrial Washington. He points out that 

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from 20,000 to 30,000 miles of railroad terminate at 
the Potomac at Washington, and to the water trans- 
portation facilities. In a long interview given to the 
Washington Times recently he said in part: 

"Washington is destined to become a great manu- 
facturing and commercial city, rivaling Philadelphia 
and Baltimore, and reaping more than either of them 
the advantages growing out of the development of the great 
South. At the present depth of tide-water, all kinds of coast- 
wise commerce can be carried on, and even trans-Atlantic 
commerce will spring up. Fruit vessels from Italy and the 
West Indies can discharge cargoes at Washington and carry 
away coal and manufactured products. 




RAILROAD CITY FREIGHT YARDS 



"There is no reason why Washington should not 
become a greater coal distributing center than Balti- 
more, both by water and rail. As for manufacturing, 
the advantages of the south side of the Potomac, ad- 
jacent to this city, are unexcelled. All kinds of raw 
material can be laid down there as cheaply as at 
any other point on the Atlantic seaboard. The pro- 
ducts of the entire South can be drawn there, to be 
worked into manufactures. Coal, lumber and cotton 
can be laid down there to the greatest advantage. 

"This cit}^ within twenty-five years," he concludes, 
"will have a million inhabiltants, in my opinion." 

vSo this latter day prophet basing his observations 
on experience has reached the same conclusion as did 
Washington at the beginning of the Nation. 
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CITY FREIGHT YARDS 



FIELD FOR THE JOBBER 



OR the business man who is seeking a 
good place to locate a jobbing estab- 
lishment Washington has a special 
message. Although not a well de- 
veloped wholesale center, the success 
of those wholesale houses now estab- 
lished has been remarkable and every 
indication points to further growth. 
Not only is the home market large, 
but wholesale merchants have demon- 
strated in the past few years that the territory to the 
South and West properly belongs to them. 

But the opportunity for the jobber in Washington 
is larger than is indicated by these facts, for Wash- 
ington is not a complete market. There is room, nay, 
need, for jobbing houses in the following lines: 




Boots and Shoes, 
Dry Goods, 
Hats and Caps 
Clothing. 



and 



With these additional establishments there would 
be a complete market for the country merchant. Not 
only would the new concerns find an immediate 
market both in Washington and in the South, but 
every other wholesale dealer in the city would benefit 
by their coming. 

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GREAT MARKET IN THE SOUTH. 

A short time ago a number of the leading wholesale 
houses combined to send out a "trade getting" train into 
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. 
The result was remarkable. One concern sold enough 
lard, its own manufacture, in a week to take its entire 
output for six weeks. Other merchants fared almost 
equally well, and everywhere they were assured that the 
country merchant would prefer to deal exclusively in 
Washington, provided he could obtain all his supplies, so 
as to avoid buying part in Washington and part in other 
markets farther north 

Encouraged by this success, the wholesale trade com- 
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce is now planning 
another trade extending train to touch at thirty towns 
in thirty days. 

There is room in this booklet for little more than sug- 
gestions concerning the commercial development of Wash- 
ington. The Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce 
and the chairman of the Wholesale Trade Committee, 
however, are armed with full information and will be 
glad to answer inquiries. 



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NEW UNION STATION 



WASHINGTON A SHOPPING CENTER 




ASHINGTON is a shopping town. 
Her department stores and other re- 
tail establishments are second to none 
in the country. A century as the 
Capital city, the home of the repre- 
sentatives of every country on the 
globe and the home for a large part 
of the year of residents of every 
State and Territory in the Union, 
Washington has been forced to sup- 



ply the wants of every class of society. 



COSMOPOLITAN POPULATION. 



The needs of the most cosmopolitan population of 
any city in the United States have been appreciated 
by her enterprising merchants to such an extent that 
the former custom of shopping in Philadelphia and 
New York has for a long time been non existant. 
The first lady of the land, other members of the Presi- 
dent's family, the wives and daughters of jimbassadors 
and ministers from every land and clime are familiar 
figures of an afternoon or morning in the shopping 
district. They walk or drive from store ro store and 
find here all that their varied tastes or fancies dictate. 

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LOW PRICES. 

Some may object that in order to meet the demands 
of such patrons prices generally must be high. Here 
again Washington merchants have proved their en- 
terprise and business ability, for not only have they 
arranged their stocks to meet all calls, but prices are 
unusually low. A comparison of the page advertise- 
ments of Washington stores with those of New York 
or Chicago is all that is necessary to demonstrate the 
truth of this assertion. 




G STRKKT LOOKIXG EAST FROM KLEVENTH STREET, N. \V. 



OLD ESTABLISHMENTS. 

Many of the retail establishments are almost as old 
as the Capital itself and several of them boast of 
having as customers every President of the United 
States and many of the famous statesmen and diplo- 
mats whose names have long since passed into his- 
tory. 

So favorably has the service of many Washington 
stores been impressed upon officials and others who 
have resided temporarily at the Capital that even after 
leaving they have continued their patronage, sending 
their orders regularly for shoes, clothing, or other 
articles. 
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The stores arc so conveniently situated that many 
shoppers prefer to walk about the shopping district 
rather than drive or use the street cars. 

MARKETS. 

The housekeeper in Washington, too, is better 
served than in any other large city. With many large 
centrally located markets where may be found the pro- 
ducts of the farms, orchards, truck gardens of Mary- 
land and Virginia, Florida and California, and oysters, 
clams and other sea food, fresh from Chesapeake Bay 
and the Atlantic, with market stores scattered every- 




SEVENTH STREET LOOKING SOUTH FROM NEW YORK AVE. 

where throughout the city, Washington offers for the 
table the best there is to be had at the lowest prices 
and that more accessably than elsewhere. 

So much for the information of the reader who 
contemplates coming to Washington to live. A word 
now for the reader who may be considering the advis- 
ability of going into business here. 

PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS. 

The retail merchants of the city are among the most 
progressive citizens of the community. The Retail 
Trade Committee of the Chamber of Commerce is 

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the largest committee of that organization, having 
seventy members. For many years Washington mer- 
chants were content to profit by the custom of 
residents of the city, a kirge, increasing population of 
large and constant purchasing power. The govern- 
ment with its great pa3a-oll of steadily employed and 
regularly paid servants has served to produce an un- 
failing market for the merchant. 

OUT-OF-TOWN SHOPPERS. 

Last year, however, a few leaders realized the op- 
portunities for greatly increasing the volume of busi- 
ness and through the Retail Trade Committee an 
active campaign was started to induce the residents 
of the three surrounding States to come to Washing- 
ton to do their shopping, offering to refund railroad 
fares, provided a certain amount of purchases were 
made from the houses represented in the membership 
of the committee. This plan proved immediately suc- 
cessful, bringing trade from the farthest towns and 
cities in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. The 
opportunity of an occasional visit to the Capital, com- 
bined with that of purchasing supplies from the well- 
stocked houses of Washington merchants, proves an 
attraction too strong for resistance by hundreds of 
persons within a radius of 150 miles. 




PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE BOOKING NORTHWEST FROM SEVENTH STREET 

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COLORADO 



REMARKABLE GROWTH. 

The business history of the largest retail establish- 
ments of the city reads like fiction. Qne.of the largest 
department stores commenced business • mteen years 
ago in a one-story, twenty-foot front store, with but 
a few clerks, and handling dry goods only. To-day 
their establishment occupies nearly an entire city 
block, part of the building being four-stories and part 
five-stories in height. Their stock includes everything 
ihat can be found in the most diversified department 
store, they employ thousands of clerks and the coun- 
ters are always lined with customers. What is said of 
this establishment is hardly less true of many others. 

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A (U<wLI> oK CLASSIC BANK STRICT C RKS. 

ALL FACE THE U. S. TREASURY AND HARMONIZE ARCHITECTURALLY 

WITH THAT BUILDING. 



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STRONGEST BANK CITY 

APPTLY peculiar in many respects Wash- 
ington differs from other cities of the 
United States no more favorably than in 
her financial equipment and strength. 
In stability no stronger proof of her 
excellence could be offered than the ex- 
perience of the Capital city during the 
recent panic and financial stringency as 
compared to the less favorable experi- 
ences of other communities. 
\\ hile banks were failing and exchanges suspending 
business in ether centers no 1)ank of any character in 
Washington failed or was even embarrassed. The confi- 
dence of the public was so great in Iccal institutions that 
not the slighest uneasiness was at any time evident. The 
only indications here that money was scarce were a slight 
increase in interest rates and a natural ccnservativeness 
in making large loans. 




UNIQUE ADVANTAGE. 

The pre-eminent advantage Washington has over other 
cities in respect to her financial institi tions is that they 
all are under the direct supervision of the Comptroller 
of the Currency. So far as openness to Government in- 
spection is concerned and consequent safety all the banks 
at the Capital are on as sound foundations as National 
banks. In 1907 a savings bank was closed by order of the 
Comptroller, whose office assumed immediate charge of 
its affairs. The Comptroller's administration disclosed 
the fact that it was in a sound condition, and every stock- 
holder and depositor received dollar for dollar within a 
surprisingly short time. 

The writer is indebted to Mr. J. Clinton Ransom, finan- 
cial editor of the Washington Herald, for a clear and 
complete compilation of the condition of the Washington 
banks and trust companies at the close of business, May 
23, 1908. It is here given. 



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HOME SAVI/^G5 BAAIK 



WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST CO., NINTH AND F STREETS, N. ' 
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, THIRTEENTH AND F STREETS, N. W. 
AND HOME SAVINGS BANK, SEVENTH STREET, N. W., AT 
INTERSECTION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW YORK AVES. 



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BANK STOCKS STRONG. 

Another indication of the excellent condition of W'ash- 
ingtcn banks is the strength their stocks show on the 
local exchange. The stock of one of the National 
banks is quoted at six times its par value, and the stock 
of only one institution, and that, one which has been in 
existence scarcely a year, is quoted a few points less than 
par. 

Washington financiers have been quick to see the ne- 
cessity of better organization when conditions demand- 
ing change arose. Many mergers of banks have been sat- 
isfactorily accomplished in late years, and not only the 
banks themselves benefited by the economies ensuing, 
but the service resultant has been bettered. There are 
now eleven National banks, fourteen savings banks, five 
trust companies and two other large banks that are not 
exactly in any of these classes, though more nearly Na- 
tional banks than either of the other two. 

The banking houses of local financial institutions are 
noteworthy. The architecture of one National bank and 
that of two trust company homes are among the best 
examples of business architecture in the country. 

Prospective investors, capitalists seeking a location for 
new industries or other business ventures, or those con- 
templating residence at the National Capital need no 
further showing of facts concerning Washington banks to 
convince them that Washington affords financial advan- 
tages not excelled elsewhere. 




■R.\CTION C().- 



P L. E A S A N'T C A It 1 ! A K X S 



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THE UNION TRUST COMPANY'S BUILDING IS A NEW WHITE GRANITE 

STRUCTURE. THE OTHERS ARE TWO OF THE OLDER BANKS OF 

THE CAPITAL 



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NEW DISTRICT BUILDING 



THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT 



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FIRST inquiry by the person who is 
seeking a new home for himself,, his 
factory, his business or profession is 
''How is the town governed?" Wash- 
ingtonians are always eager to have 
this question asked, that they may 

Jm&fJ ^"^'^^^ ^^- . . 

VSI^^ It is the opinion of most citizens of 

^r the District of Columbia that the Dis- 

trict has the best municipal govern- 
ment in the United States. Henry B. F. Macfarland, 
president of the Board of District Commissioners, 
thus clearly explains its form: 

ITS FORM. 

"Congress is the legislature of the District of Co- 
lumbia. Its executive government, under the Act of 
Congress of June, 1878, is a board of three Commis- 
sioners, appointed by the President of the United 
States, two from civil life, always of opposite politics, 
and one an engineer officer of the Army, of high rank, 
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to whom the board intrusts the immediate direction of 
all engineering and construction work. The Commis- 
sioners appoint practically all the other officers and 
employes of the District Government. The Commis- 
sioners have power from Congress to enact municipal 
legislation in the form of health, police, building, and 
other regulations. They represent the District before 
Congress, where the committees dealing with Dis- 
trict affairs and making District appropriations confer 
with them as to all District measures. The President 
submits to the Commissioners all bills connected with 
the District which have passed Congress before he 
passes on them." 




white house treasury district building 

View North from top of Washington Monument 

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. 

In a recent speech Mr. Macfarland set forth the re- 
sults of this form of government. He said: "The 
people of the District of Columbia know that the 
absence of partisan politics in the District has made 
its government purely a matter of business, and that 
it has been carried on with absolute honesty, with con- 
spicuous efficiency and economy, and in accordance 

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with its official motto, 'Justitia omnibus.' There has 
been no suspicion of mal-administration, of coirup- 
tion, or of blackmail." 

ITS NEW HOME. 

On the Fourth of July, 1908, as the first forms of 
this booklet were being printed, the citizens of the 
District celebrated the formal opening of the first 
permanent home of the District Government. Near 
the head of broad Pennsylvania avenue, occupying 
an entire square it stands, a brilliantly white marble 
palace, built at a cost of $2,500,000, a monument to 
the dignity and beauty of the District of Columbia. 



BUSINESS MEN'S ORGANIZATIONS 




TIIEFLY on account of the peculiar 
form of government in the District of 
Columbia Washington differs consid- 
erably from other American cities in 
respect to the character of her organi- 
zations among business men. 

The Chamber of Commerce with 
about 500 members, is more like the 
trade organizations of other large cit- 
ies than is any other body here. It 
was formed in the spring of 1907 by the merging of 
the Business Men's Association and the Jobbers' and 
Shippers' Association, two bodies whose functions 
were similar. The new organization was born of a 
general demand on the part of business men for the 
extension of Washington's trade and the development 
of industries and of a conviction that one body could 
accomplish greater results with less expense than 
two. 

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 

The organization is an admirable one for this pur- 
pose, and during its existence has already done much 
toward the ends sought. Its committees on manufac- 
tures, wholesale trade, retail trade and conventions 
are accomplishing much, while its committees on mu- 
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nicipal legislation, law and legislation and schools 
have been instrumental in shaping legislation affecting 
the District. The last named committee by an active 
campaign during the last session of Congress suc- 
ceeded in defeating proposed legislation that would 




have had a revolutionary effect upon the local pub- 
lic school system. The bill failed to pass the 
Senate, where it originated, because, to quote a mem- 
ber of the Senate committee, the opposition of the 
Washington Chamber of Commerce was so forceful 
and earnest. 

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THE BOARD OF TRADE. 

The other organization, the Board of Trade, is an 
older one, established in 1890, and has a membership 
of about 700. The name is misleading, however, for 
its members do not claim for it commercial or indus- 
trial functions. It is rather a large citizens' commit- 
tee, which has been the forum for expression of en- 
lightened public opinion. The Board of Trade has 
concerned itself almost entirely with matters of pub- 
lic improvement, and points with justifiable pride to 
a long record of accomplishments of this nature. 
There is, however, a strong movement afoot to 
merge witli the Chamber of Commerce, in order that 
all possible friction may be eliminated and unneces- 
sary duplication of efforts be avoided. Committees 
from both bodies have already arrived at conclusions 
favorable to such a change. 

The citizens of many sections of the District have 
formed a score or more of sectional "citizens' associa- 
tions," through which they are enabled to set before 
the Commissioners and Congress the measures de- 
sired for their several localities. 

By these means the people of the District, even 
though they have not the franchise, are enabled to 
impress upon the authorities in a forceful way then- 
needs and desires. 




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THE SPEEDWAY 



FAVORITE CONVENTION CITY 




N THE newly born determination to 
make tlie most of Washington's many 
opportunities the subject of inducing 
national and international organiza- 
tions to hold their conventions here 
has received especial attention upon 
the part of her business men. Until 
the present time Washington has been 
content to take the good things that 
have been coming her way without 

very strenuously to increase their 



endeavormg 
number. 

According to the last annual report of the Board of 
Trade thirty-seven conventions were held in this city in 
the year beginning November 26, 1906. In one week in 
the month of May, 1908, no less than six conventions 
were held, several of them holding sessions at the same 
time in different hotels or halls. All these conventions 
have come to Washington without so much as an invi- 
tation on the part of the local business organizations. Tt 
is now realized that if this be the case, which is unde- 
niable, many more organizations can be induced to hold 
their conventions at the Capital, if only the advantages of 
the city for that purpose are made known to them and the 
information coupled with an invitation. 

WASHINGTON ADMIRABLY ADAPTED. 

The needs of organizations incident to conventions are 
good passenger transportation facilities, hotel facilities, 
convenient places in which to hold sessions, good public- 
ity facilities and, not unimportant, pleasant surroundings. 

Washington supplies all of these requisites and offers 
much more. A city that can easily handle the enormous 
crowds of visitors that throng the streets every four years, 
at the inauguration of the President of the United States, 
is patently equipped to care for, both in railroad and 
hotel accomodations, any special gathering at other times. 
Washington hotel men have become accustomed to quick 
expansion and contraction of business. The coming and 
departure of Congress with the thousands dependent up- 
on its sessions and the large number of conventions which 
have been coming to the city in recent years have served 

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to make irregularity in numbers at depots and hotels the 
regular thing. A host of meeting halls of various sizes 
are always available and, for unusually large gatherings, 
there is a convention hall, with seating capacity of 6,000 
and standing room capacity of 10,000. Two conven- 
tions of considerable proportions were recently held in 
a single hotel, with no confusion in session halls, ban- 
quets or accommodations. 

As to publicity facilities, there is no greater news dis- 
tributing center in the United States. Correspondents 
representing not only all of the daily newspapers of the 
country and many of the foreign journals have their 
offices in Washington, but even the technical and trade 
publications have their contributors and regular corre- 
spondents at the Capital. 

PLACES OF INTEREST. 

In pleasant surroundings for the visiting delegate and 
his wife, or daughter, who often accompany him, Wash- 
ington far excells any other city of the country. It is the 
custom for delegates to conventions here to use much of 
their time in seeing the hundreds of interesting and beau- 
tiful places in and about the city by means of the "Tour- 
ing Washington" automobiles, upon which guides point 
out, as the trip proceeds, the places of especial historical 
interest. Then there are many side-trips. Mt. Vernon, 
the home of George Washington, is reached both by 
steamer and trolley; Alexandria, Cabin John Bridge, Ar- 
lington and old Annapohs, the site of the United States 
Naval Academy, are easily accessible by trolley cars. To 
the last place and to Baltimore there is a new line of 
heavy interurban electric cars, which travel so fast that 
the trip to either place is made in shorter time than by the 
steam roads. Washington itself, the city beautiful, is a 
constant delight to the visitor, and the Government de- 
partments hold thousands of features of interest to every 
American and many features of special interest to dele- 
gates to conventions.. 

The Conventions Committee of the Chamber of Com- 
merce believes that every national convention v/ould 
come to Washington, if members of organizations but 
knew the advantages she holds over other cities in this 
respect, and it now proposes that members of organ- 
izations throughout the country shall know them. 
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THE HOMES OP THE FOUR WASHINGTON NEWSPAPERS 



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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



GREAT EDUCATIONAL CENTER 



F THE first President of the Nation 
predicted that Washington would be- 
come a great commercial emporium, 
he also wished earnestly that it would 
become the educational center of the 
new Republic. If the prediction has 
not as yet become true, at least his 
wish has been gratified. Washington 
is now the scientific and educational 
center of the country. 
To realize how accurate this statement is it is only 
necessary for the reader to consider the facilities and 
resources here, not only for scientific research and 
higher Icaring, but also for secondary training. 




MANY LIBRARIES. 

Thei-c are in Washington thirty-four Governmental 
libraries open to the public for research, with over 2,000,- 
000 books and pamplets and over 500,000 other liter- 
ary articles, manuscripts, maps, music and prints. 
This is exclusive of the contents of the Public Li- 
brary, a gift to the District from Andrew Carnegie, 
and the libraries of private associations and institu- 
tions. According to Dr. Herbert Putnam, Librarian 
of Congress, we have a "total not merely greater than 
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is to be found in any other city of this size in the 
world, but which in proportion represents several 
times as many volumes per capita as exists for pub- 
lic use in any other city of the world." Of course, 
the Library of Congress is the greatest of these in- 
stitutions, containing over 1,100,000 books and pamph 
lets and nearly 500,000 other articles. 

The Library of Congress building itself is the proud- 
est building of its kind in the world and furnishes 
the student an inspiration by its beauty of architec- 
ture and interior decoration. As a place for study 
and research it is unequaled in convenience for the 
student. With a corps of courteous and able librar- 




GEORGETOWN COLIvEGE 



ians and its wealth of material and facilities for quick- 
ly obtaining almost anything that may be called for 
the Library of Congress is the ideal workshop of the 
searcher into the realm of literature. 

MUSEUMS AND LABORATORIES. 

The Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum 
(for which there is now building a magnificent new 
home), the Army Medical Museum, the Bureau of 
Standards, the Naval Observatory, the Corcoran Gal- 
lery of Art, the laboratories of the Department of 
Agriculture and the other various departmental mu- 

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seiims and laboratories form a wealth of apparatus 
for the student which, of course, cannot be found else- 
where. 

The statistical bureaus of the Census office, of the 
bureau of Labor, of Commerce, are also notable 
sources of information free of access at all times to 
the public. To show the city's pre-eminence in one 
branch of research, for example, it is only necessary 
to point out that there are eighteen chemical labor- 
atories attached to Government departments not to 
mention the facilities afforded by the universities of 




(.F.OPCIC WASHINGTON UNIVi: 



MAIN BUI I. 



,A\V SCHO 



the city. By Act of Congress of April 12, 1902, these 
laboratories are accessible, under certain regulations, 
to the scientific investigators of the country and to 
students of any institution of higher education incor- 
porated under the laws of Congress or of the District 
of Columbia. 

LEARNED SOCIETIES. 

The effect of these advantages and facilities has 
been to bring together in Washington notable schol- 
ars, who have formed organizations, themsehcs an 
important factor in the educational advantages of 
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the Capitol. In this connection may be named the 
Washington Academy of Sciences, and its fourteen 
learned affiiliated societies. The American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, the Archeological 
Institute of America and the American Institute of 
Architects have their offices in Washington. 

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 

Dr. Mitchell Carroll, an eminent educator and pro- 
fessor in the George Washington University, in 
speaking of these great advantages at the Capitol 
says: 

"It is natural that Washington should be the cen- 
ter of the scientific and educational activities of the 
country. The Carnegie Institution is the great pro- 
motor of scientific research; the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution is the great disseminator of knowledge; the 
Library of Congress is the great storehouse for the 
world's learning and the universities and educational 
institutions of the city are training men and women 
to enter into an appreciation of the intellectual life 
in all its phases. Not to speak of the efficient public 
school system nor of the seventy or more private 
schools that attract boys and girls to Washington 
from all parts of the country, there are in Washington 
eight colleges and universities, seven professional 
schools of law, three of medicine and dentistry, and 
three of theology. 

"In these institutions there is an aggregate of 476 
professors and instructors and over 3,500 students, 
making Washington one of the most important uni- 
versity towns in the country. To mention them by 
name, there are the three colleges, Gallaudet, Gon- 
zaga and St. John's; and the five universities, George- 
town, George Washington, Howard, the Catholic Uni- 
versity of America and the American University, 
which has already a beautiful site, with two buildings 
erected and which will begin regular university work 
when the endowment fund has reached $5,000,000. 

"All of these institutions are doing excellent work and 
are disseminating the intellectual influences of the Cap- 
itol city throughout the country. Of these the onq that 
bears the name of the Father of his Country has inaugu- 

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rated the George Washington University Movement, 
the aim of which is to realize George Washington's 
desire for a great university of international import- 
ance at the seat of Government. To this end it has 
already raised considerable funds for the purchase of 
a new site and has undertaken large plans which will 
lead in time to successful fruition." 




MCKINLEV MANUAL TKAINIXG SCIIUCl. 

The Catholic University of America is now the great 
Catholic seat of learning in the United States, and the 
Methodists of the country are aiming to make the Amer- 
ican University the center of learning for the youth of 
their denomination. 

THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

A word should he added about the public school sys- 
tem. The public schools of Washington are under the 
care of Congress, which has committed itself time and 
again to the policy of making the Disrict of Columbia 
the model municipality of the country. A board of 
education presides directly over the school affairs, but 
its members serv-e without compensation and are ap- 
pointed by the justices of the Supreme Court of the 
District of Columbia. 
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With this system there is no possibility of poHtics en- 
tering the schools. All appointments are made as the 
result of examination and special fitness and even the 
"pull" of members of Congress avails little. 

There are about 50,000 children and 1,500 officers and 
teachers in the public schools. The white and colored 
pupils and teachers are separated, having distinct 
school buildings. 

The system of instruction ranges from kindergarten 
to that of preparation for the colleges and universities, 
and for teaching. In the High School division there is, 
besides the regular classical High Schools, a Business 
High School and a Technical High School, for the pur- 
pose of specially training students who intend going into 
business after graduation, or who are fitting themselves 
for the higher technical institutions of learning. The 
schools are so good that the President of the United 
State is sending his son, Quentin Roosevelt, to them 
although there are several scores of good private 
institutions in the city. 




5USINESS HIGH SCHl^OL 



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JOYCE eNG.CO. 



THREE UPPER VIEWS ARE OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE 

iSiDENCES. Henderson's castle is on sixteenth street, 

OVERLOOKING THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY 



38 




IDEAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE 

BOOK exclusively devoted to a de- 
scription of the thousands of features 
which go to make Washington the 
ideal residential city of the country 
would be more appropriate in treating 
the subject than merely the brief re- 

1 ^^^^^ view here possible. Many such, in 

ggS^J^^^ fact, have been written and can be 
^^ ' found in any public library, and there 

is no end of articles of value and in- 
terest in periodical literature. The charms of Wash- 
ington for the resident can here be only suggested. 

Around the great central fact that Washington is 
the Capital of the Nation are grouped most of the 
reasons why the city has become the ideal residence 
community of the country. Washington reflects the 
greatness of a great people and the high aesthetic and 
intellectual ideals of the most enlightened nation of 
the earth. 



SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL. 

The society of the Capital is the best example of 
this representativeness. Here are gathered men and 
women typifying the best in their respective commu- 
nities, and not only is every section of the country 
thus highly represented, but every nation of the earth 
also sends its quota of diplomats, citizens selected 
from the best minds of the nations. Then, too, at- 
tracted by this great gathering of brilliant people an- 
other large class of persons, which is constantly grow- 
ing larger, those who have acquired large fortunes and 
who are now seeking the most pleasant surroundings, 
has come to Washington. They have built hundreds 
of magnificent residences and, for the most part, made 
the city their permanent home. 

Two ether important classes combine with the offi- 
cial, diplomatic and wealthy to make the society of 
the. Capital most desirable. These are the hundreds of 
men and women of achievement in the fields of science, 
art, and literature, who have found Washington a 
happy place of residence, and the large contingent 
which has grown up from within, rather from without, 

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a modest, solid body of citizens who are proud of 
their city and wide-awake to all her interests. 

It is hardly needful to say that with this extraordin- 
ary citizenship there has been provided the best of 
churches, theatres, clubs and amusements. 

The city's charities have also been highly organized 
and are now administered from a central body whose 
agents are closely in touch with all needs. Funds for 
the several charities are placed in charge of this cen- 
tral body, whose board of directors is composed of 
many of the most highly esteemed men and women 
of the community. 

STREETS AND TREES. 

The physical features of Washington are plea.'^ingly 
impressed upon the visitor the minute he enters the 
city through the new Union Station. This superb 
structure, which has now cost about $17,000,000, was 
opened in October, 1907. It is an enormous white pile 
set in a wide plaza, facing the Capitol three blocks 
distant. A writer in "Collier's" remarks that Wash- 
ington is now the "head of the list of the world's great 
capitals in the dignity of her treatment of arriving and 
departing guests." 

With this first favorable impression the visitor 
passes on to his hotel or other destination through 
wide, smooth and delightfully shaded streets, getting 
glimpses here and there of classic Government struc- 
tures. Practically all streets and avenues are paved 
with asphalt and the trees along the curbs and some- 
times, too, in double row down the center are by no 
means limited to the residence portion, but extend 
everywhere. 

ARCHITECTURE. 

The splendid Government buildings, hotels and 
ofifice buildings, are, of course, always a delight 
to the lover of good architecture, but the residence 
sections of the city and the suburbs hold the chief at- 
tractions. Diversity of architecture is notable and 
even where long rows of house are necessary the archi- 
tect has introduced a variety of fronts obviating the 
monotony common to the residence architecture of 
many large cities. Leading architects have recently 
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expressed the opinion that in all forms of structures 
Washington is now showing the highest forms of 
architectural design and leading every other American 
city in this respect. From the pretty bungalow in the 
suburb to the mansion of the millionaire on Massa- 
chusetts Avenue or Sixteenth Street the same artistic 
tendency is evident. 




THE FRENCH EMBASSY 



PARKS. 

Public parks, ranging from a few hundred square 
feet to square miles in area, literally dot the entire 
District. Triangular, square, or circular plots of green 
embellished with beautiful trees and beds of flowers 
are seen at most intersections of streets and diagonal 
avenues. The circles are notable, for here are placed 
the scores of heroic statues commemorating men and 
events prominent in the history of the nation. There 
are many larger spaces, occupying one or two city blocks 
densely shaded and carefully kept for the enjoyment of 
those who remain in their city homes throughout the sum- 
mer. Band concerts by the various military bands and the 
famous United States Marine Band are given in them 
nearly every evening during the season- 

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The larger parks are the Mall, a wide stretch of 
grass and trees connecting the Capitol with the Wash- 
ington Monument; Potomac Park, a large tract of 
land made by dredgings from the Potomac and now 
grown over with graceful willows and greensward, 
tlie Soldiers' Home grounds, and the great Rock 
Creek Park, stretching for miles through the north- 
west section of the city. Within the last reservation is 
the Zoological Garden with its notable collection of 
the world's fauna gathered for the National Museum 
and containing strange gifts of potentates of Africa 
and Asia. 

The Park Commission's plans for the artistic treat- 
ment of the Mall and contiguous territory now seems 
certain of ultimate fulfillment. This is a pretentious 
project to carry out the original plans of I^'Enfant 
and Washington for the city, and steps in this direc- 
tion have already been taken by Congress in locating 
the new buildings for the Senate and House of Rep- 
resentatives, for the National Museum and the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture and finally in placing the splendid 
Grant Memorial in the Botanic Garden at the Capitol 
end of the proposed avenue to be formed by the Mall. 

In the city's parks the Department of Agriculture 
has done much to make them beautiful and interesting 
Plants and trees from all lands and climates have bee^Ii 
brought here and cultivated. Some of the parks, par- 
ticularly the grounds in the Mall, the Capitol grounds, 
the White House grounds and the park opposite the 
White House, are filled with so many varied speci- 
mens that they are now almost botanic gardens. The 
trees are labeled with their scientific and common 
names, so that the public may profit by the experi- 
ments of the Department. 

TRANSPORTATION. 

All parts of the city and suburbs arc of easy access 
by reason of an excellent system of street-car lines. 
Fares are low, Congress having stipulated that six 
tickets shall be sold for a quarter and that these tickets 
shall be good over all lines and constitute a fare any- 
where within the District. In June, 1908, the Inter- 
state Commerce Commission was given direct super- 
vision over all the street-car lines, making the only 
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s 



Jlyeihci O 



OVER 5,600 ACRES IN THE DISTRICT ARE DEVOTED TO PARKS 

AND AT.I. ARE UNDER THE CARE OF THE 

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



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municipal traction property in the country directly 
governed by the Federal Government. Years ago all 
trolley lines and poles were done away and even tele- 
graph and telephone wires are now underground, elim- 
inating the unsiglitliness of this feature of modern city 
development entirely from the streets of the Dis'-'Ict 

CLIMATE AND HEALTH. 

The climate and healthfulness of the community are 
also important and notable features. For an all-year- 
round delightful climate Washington probably is not 
excelled by that of any other city. Not unusually hot 
in the summer, its springs and falls are exquisite and 
its winters mild and full of sunshine, while the streets 
are scarcely ever disfigured by slush or snow. Indeed, 




WASHINGTOX R.MLWAY AND ELECTRIC CO. — TERMTNAL STATION 

the city on this account has come to be known as a 
regular winter resort by a large temporary population. 
In healthfulness the vital statistics show that the 
death rate is about 15 per thousand of white and 28 
per thousand of colored population. An efficient Dis- 
trict health department assisted l)y the Federal offi- 
cials cf the Marine Hospital Service maintains a strict 
watch over the health of the community. The water 
supply has been greatly increased in volume and pur- 
ity by the installation at large cost of a great filtration 
plant, and an excellent system of sewerage extends 
over the entire District. Hospital facilities are ade- 
quate and there has just been finished and put into 

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operation a municipal hospital for tuberculosis pa- 
tients that is expected to prove a model institution for 
other cities. 

"WHAT OTHERS SAY." 

But it is unnecessary to sound our own praises. 
Americans elsewhere are constantly doing it. In a 
recent editorial in the "Boston Transcript," comment- 
ing upon the last police census figures which showed 
an increase of io,GOO population fcr the year, the edi- 
tor explained the growth of the Capital in part as follows : 

"More and more it attracts as residents, persons 
seeking homes where the climatic conditions consti- 
tute for the greater part of the year 'the just medium.' 
Such feel the charm of Washington, a place which pos- 
sesses all the urban conveniences and facilities, and 
yet is free from the jar, noise, confusion and conges- 
tion of great cities." 

And again, Henry E. Reed, director of exploitation 
of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is quoted as 
saying that "One reason why the Jamestown Expo- 
sition fell so flat was that great numbers of people 
found Washington too attractive to bother with see- 
ing the fair." 




'"ITj* 



A PARK STREAM 



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THE SOLDIERS HOME 

ITINERARY FOR TOURISTS 

HERE are two great piles of marble 
in Washington which are seen by 
every incoming tourist long before 
the train itself reaches the station. The 
Capitol and the Washington ]\Ionu- 
ment stand out high and white from 
the buildings below. Every American 
who has not been in Washington 
knows them from their pictures, and 
"^~^~'"^~~' strangers at their first visit rarely 
have to ask the names of the structures. 

Of the two the Capitol excites first interest usually, 
and tours of the Government buildings and other places 
of interest may well be commenced there. The Capitol 
stands at the head of Pennsylvania avenue, northwest, 
and from it radiate the streets marking the four divisions 
of the city. It is available by all car lines and is open 
to the public from nine until half after four, while Con- 
gress is not in session, and during session practically all 
of the time. 




THE CAPITOL. 



The hall of the House of Representatives is in the 
south wing and the Senate chamber in the north. The 
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galleries of both are open to the public during sessions of 
Congress. At that time also cards of admission to the 
reserved galleries may be had by simply requesting them 
from your Representative or from your Senators. 

The room used by the Supreme Court of the United 
States, the old Senate Chamber, is in the Senate wing of 
the building and is usually open to visitors. There are 
many things and places of interest in the Capitol, and 
guides are always to be found in the rotunda who may 
be hired at nominal fees to conduct the tourist through 
the building and explain the different interesting features. 

A BRIEF GUIDE. 

A description of any of the buildings or other places of 
interest is not the function of this pamphlet, but an itin- 
erary is laid out for the convenience of the traveler into 
whose hands it may come. The Capitol is regarded as 
the starting point, and it will save time to follow the 
route as here given. The hours during which the public 
buildings are open to visitors are also given. 

The Library of Congress, opposite the Capitol, is open 
to visitors from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. ; Sundays, 2 to 10 p. 
m. The Senate and House office buildings complete the 
square between the Capitol and Library. 

The Government Printing Office is at the corner of 
North Capitol and H Streets, Northwest. Visitors will 
be conducted between the hours of ten and two o'clock. 

The Treasury is located at Fifteenth Street and Penn- 
sylvania Avenue, Northwest. Open to visitors from nine 
to two. Guides are furnished between the hdurs of 
10.30 a. m. and 12 m.; and i and 2 p. m. 

The White House, Sixteenth Street and Pennsylvania 
Avenue. The East Room of the White House is open to 
visitors from ten until two 

The State, War, and Navy Building, Seventeenth Street 
and Pennsylvania Avenue. Open to visitors between nine 
and two. 

The Corcoran Art Gallery, one block below the State, 
War and Navy Building, at the corner of New York 
Avenue and Seventeenth Street. Open from nine-thirty 
to four. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays an 
admission fee of 25 cents is charged. Other days are 
free. Sundays free, open from 1.30 to 4.30 p. m. 

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The Washington Monument, elevators run every half 
hour, commencing at nine; last trip at four o'clock; 555^2 
feet high. A bird's-eye view of the city can be had from 
the windows at the top, 

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, at Four- 
teenth and B Streets, Southwest, is where paper money 
and stamps are made. Visitors are personally conducted 
between the hours of nine and three, with the exception 
of the time between 11.45 and 12.30 o'clock. 

The Department of Agriculture is in the Mall, just 
cast of the Monument, between Twelfth and Fourteenth 
Streets, Southwest. Two new buildings on either side 
of the old building have been recently completed. Build- 
ings and hot houses are open to visitors from nine to 
four-thirty. 

The Smithsonian Institution is in the Mall, between 
Tenth and Twelfth Streets, Southwest. This contains 
the Government's collections of specimens of natural his- 
tory. Open 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. 

The National Museum adjoins the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution, between Eighth and Tenth Streets, Southwest. 
This contains relics and objects of interests of all kinds, 
collected by the Government since its foundation. A new 
building for the museum is nearing completion on the 
north side of the Mall, just opposite the old structure. 

The Army Medical Museum, in the Mall, at the corner 
of Seventh and B Streets, Southwest, is entered from the 
B Street side. Open from nine to four-thirty. 

The Fish Commission, Sixth and B Streets, Southwest, 
is open from nine to four. The building contains speci- 
mens of all kinds of live fish. From this place a car can 
be taken directly to the Patent Office, located at the cor- 
ner of Seventh and F Streets, Northwest. This build- 
ing is open from nine until two. The large building on 
the square bounded by Seventh, Eighth, E, and F Streets, 
is the General Land Office of the Interior Department. 

The Pension Office, between F and G, Fourth and 
Fifth Streets, Northwest, the building in which the In- 
augural Ball is held, is open from nine until four. 

The Lincoln Museum, 516 Tenth Street, Northwest, is 
the house in which Lincoln died. He was shot in the 
old Ford Theatre, just across the street. Open all day. 

The Post-office Department is at the corner of Eleventh 
and Twelfth Streets and Pennsylvania Avenue, North- 
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CAPITOI<, WEST FRONT, WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND WHITE HOUS 



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west. The building contains the Dead Letter Office and 
museum, and also a museum on the first floor, showing all 
methods of handling mail in the United States and its 
possessions. Open from nine until two. 

The large white building at the corner of Fourteenth 
Street and Pennsylvania Aveune is the new District 
Building, in which is housed the government of the Dis- 
trict of Columbia. It was opened July 4, 1908. 

The above list includes the places of public interest in 
the central part of the city, but there are many others on 
the outskirts and in the suburbs which the visitor should 
not omit. Among them are the Navy Yard, the Marine 
Barracks, the Soldiers' Home, the National Zoological 
Park, Mount Vernon, the home and tomb of George 
Washington, Alexandria, the National Cemetery, at 
Arlington, and Fort Myer. 



INTERESTING SUBURBS. 

Then, there are many suburban resorts which com- 
bine pleasant trips with scenic beauty and historic 
interest. Cabin John Bridge, the longest single-span 
stone arch in the country; the Great Falls of the Po- 
tomac, Chevy Chase Lake, the Franciscan Monas- 
tery, Falls Church and Fairfax and Marshall Hall 
are all available by trolley or steamer. Trains to salt 
water on Chesapeake Bay, at Chesapeake Beach, run 
frequently. Every evening in the summer there are 
delightful trips down the river to Indian Head and 
return without stop, and a new excursion line has 
been opened this year which puts Baltimore and An- 
napolis and the U. S. Naval Academy practically in 
the same category as the other places mentioned. 
Fifty-ton electric cars leave Fifteenth and H Streets, 
Northeast, every half-hour for both cities, and the 
city street-cars transfer directly to them. 

The ''Touring Washington" sight-seeing autos are 
always available and are equipped with competent 
guides. 



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Gude Brothers Co. I 

I 



I Jlnrtsts 

I AND 

I iFloral BttoratavB 

I 
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3? 



WE FURNISH 



I 
I 

'I Best Stock, Prompt Service 



1214 F St. N.W.,Washington,D.C. I 



I 
I 

I « 

I Fresh Cut Flowers and | 

* Floral Decorations ^; 

I ^ 



FOR ALL OCCASIONS •^. 

IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY i 

FROM 
OUR OWN GREENHOUSES 



^ Satisfaction Guaranteed or no Pay asked '£ 

^ Phone, Wire, or Write us 4 

r(c i 

? Cable Address: GUDE | 



Pi'U^'^rPi-^^''^^' 



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SOUVEMEES OF 
WASHEMGTOM 

Md weairnimg apparel ©f 
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For Further Information write 



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- Pi^>Pi^kPi^K^.Pi-^ PiUrPiiirPi'^^''^^ 



AUGUST W. NOACK, 

President and Treasurer. 



GEO. A. WII^IvIAMSON, 

Secretary 




1331-1333 E STREET NORTHWEST 
WASHINGTON, D. C 



INVESTMENTS 



^ Buflsiimcess Prop^iriti©! ait itlhi® MailBcDiffiall 
I Caipaitall a Sjpaeiality 

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Thos. Grant, Sec'y, Chamber of Commerce 



DWIGHT ANDERSON 

Real EsitalL® 



moiKmT 



526 -THIRTEENTH STREET, N.W.-526 



I 



Pioneer Manufacturer of Washington 4 

JAMES S. TOPHAM | 



MANUFACTURER OF 



Tavelers' Goods and 
Fine Leather Wares 

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION 



Trunks 


_— 1^ 


pBHj 


Bags 
Satchels 




HK'^^H 


Suit Cases 
Straps 


^^ 


mm 


Carryalls 




HiflV 


Cases 




^^^Hp: 


Rugs, etc. 







Purses 
Arm Bags 
Bill Books 
Card cases 
Flasks 
Portfolios 

Music Rolls 
Toilet Cases 



Established 53 Years 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 

Phonograph Record Cases 

Tobacco and Sample Cases 

of Every Description 
Repairing and Ordered Work a Specialty 



I- 



\ On F Street, 1219, Washington, D. C. | 



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¥or Further Information write 



y, W. S. HOGE, Pres't HOWARD I,. WIIyKINvS. Sec'y % 

£ AI^BERT F. McDOWElyly, Vice-Pres't -^ 

I THE HOOE s Mcdowell co. I 

,^^: (Incorporated) ^)[ 



I MILLERS I 

I Wholesale Flour and Feed Dealers 
I and Commission Merctiants 



^mm,^.^^m I 




T/ios. Grant, Sec'y, Chamber of Commerce 






€ 



f(C Hay-House— Capacity, 200 Cars 

'T Manufacturers of •))) 

I McDowell's purified meal | 

i^ J 

I Mill and Elevator : Jj 

i Eckiii8:toii Place and Q Street $ 

j^ Opp. B. & O. Freight Yds. ■jj. 

if: Commission House: ?)J 

5! 915 l^ouisiana Avenue T 

LARGEST FLOUR. HAY. AND GRAIN * 

ELEVATOR IN THE DISTRICT $ 



'^^.^^.'^^.^-H.^ -^.'i«^.<*^.^^.<*^.^ ^.^^.«#^.<*^.<*^.^ 

When you visit Washington visit the • 



I 



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I 



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BON MARCHEf 



I (Eartttt Br^HB for | 



oof 

((c X> X Uiradleirweair A A: •■])) 

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I 4 

J 314-316-Sevenlh Street, N.W.-314-316 3 



STRICTLY RELIABCK QUALITIKS " :^ 

» -«- * 



5!(^^exo's 



'1 1S62 ESTABI^ISHED 46 YEARS 1908 "'- 



i^ exclusive i>ioveities in * 

<} I 

I Ladln®§ Cl©aIk§o Simntti ! 



Exclusive Novelties in 



I HEndl Fiiiiiriniklhim£§ t t> * 



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-; Mail Orders will receive prompt attention ?! 

* ic 

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5! 

if 

^ 933 Penna. Avenue Washington, D. C. '£ 

it :5 
^♦^.^♦^.<*^.^#^.'^ '^.^^.'*^.<#^.^^.^ -^.<«^.^^.<*^.<*^.<* 

[ 56 ] Z'^o/' Further 1 7i formation write 



WM. H. McKNEW CO. I 

5 



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JULIUS GARFINKLE i CO. 

F STREET, CORNER 13th 



The fact that a garment 
is purchased here is a full 
guarantee for 

QUALITY 
YL-E AND VALUE 



WM. IIAHN & CO'S 

Main Shoe House, Cor. Seventh and K Streets 

TWO 
BRANCH 
STORES 



One 





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R. iidJy'JmmFmm 


,— . .- __-.*rfe 



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of $ 



the I 
Greatest | 

Shoe 

Houses 

in 

the 

U.S. 



Thos. Grant, Sec'y, CTianiber of Commerce 



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irPi-Ur »i*fer^'^ P^'^Pi^ P'^^'Ur PiUrP'^ P'^^p-^ P'^Pi^^ 

I 

Use Coke for Cooking! 



It is a Clean Fuel. An Economical Fuel. 

Always Gives Perfect Satisfaction. 

We'll Supply You. 

25 Bushels I^arge Coke, delivered, $2.50 



40 
60 
25 
40 
60 



Crushed 



3.70 
5.30 
3.00 
4.50 
6.50 



I Washington Gas Light Co. | 



4l3Teotb Street N. W. 




TheOfte i 
Hot Water I 
Radiator I 



I 



Heated by Gas 

Sanitary Perfect Heat 

No Odor 

Send for Catalog 'L 

Dept. C f(f: 

Of te Radiator I 
Co.Jnc I 

509 Ninth St. N.W.? 



Washington, D* C. | 

Further Information write 



^Ur^'-^ ^'UrPi'^ ^'^^'^ ^-UrPi^ ^'^^'^ ^'UrPi'^ PiU^'^^ 

9. i^ 

I OPEN A RKSERVK ACCOUNT WITH "^ 

^f' "The Strongest Financial Institution -^ 

9. Soi til of Philadelphia and East of * 

^f' : : : : : St. Ivouis" : : : : : | 

' AMERICAN SECURITY f 

I AND TRUST COMPANY | 

* Capital, Surplus, and Stockholders w 

C Iviability f. 



9. 



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I $7,700,000 I 

INTEREST AIvIyOWED ON DEPOSITS :| 

SUBJECT TO CHECK AT WIIvL | 



Inquiries m person or by mail, regarding the banking, * 
,; safe deposit or trust departments are invited. ,-)j) 

^ New Banking Building: C 



((?• N. W. Corner of Jbiiteenth and rennsylvania -^ 

^ Avenue, Opposite U. S. Treasury. ^ 



£ CHARIvES J. BEIvIy, : : President 



p)j 



'^ (s ti A K. L/ ti, ^ J. i5±«;iviv, : : rresiaent £ 

i i 

^▼. Washington's LEADING GROCERY HOUSE I 



Washington's LEADING GROCERY HOUSE Jj 



» 416 NINTH STREET N. W. $ 



?. .yV/\V»>L. I 




4 

I J. C. ERGOOD (£ CO. I 
$ Coffee Roasters i 

*: Heavy and Fancy Groceries | 

I The Best Satisfaction Means Money Saved • 



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William A. Hill Charles F. WALLRAFf 

Piesident Sec. and f reas. 

RiGNALD W. BEALL WILLIAM A. BOSS 

Vice-President Asst. vSec. 



MOORE S HILL | 

5 



INCORPORATED 



I ON THE GREAT FALLS AND OLD DOMINION 



HOMES, HOME SITES 



I 



1333 G Street, Northwest '4i 

WASHINGTON. D.C. :t 



I Everything in Real Estate in ttie National Capital ^ 

Homes ^2,500 to $250,000 f 

Business Properties and Apartment Houses .•>)} 

$5,000 to $500,000 I 



9 Gilt Kdged First Trust (Mortgage) notes 5 '/r to 6% ^ 



I AND ACREAGE i 

,'(c I 

?: On the Virg'inia Hills, overlooking Wash- p); 

^: ington. Best Car Service J 

?. ONE FARE ''^, 

1 CRAIG & EVANS | 

9 i 

I" HIBBS BUILDING | 

ff_ _ _ ^ _ _ _ _^ _ _^ _ _ ^l 

[ 60 ] For Further Information write 



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Pays Interest on Deposits 

Rents vSafes Inside 

Burglar-Proof Vanlis 

THE NATIONAL 

SAVINGS & TRUST 

CO. 

CAPITAL $1,000,000 

Comer 1 5 th Street and 
New York Avenue 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

Acts as Administrator, 
Executor, Trustee, Etc. 



Real Estate at the 
National Capital the 
Safest Investment 
WRITE 

GEORGE Y. 
WORTHINGTON 

Hoattfi 
ani ilnsurattr? 

1410 G Street, N.W. 



WASHINGTON. D. C. 

Thos. Grant, Sec'y, Chamber 



GREATER 
WASHINGTON 

REALTY 
CORPORATION 

61 1 Colorado Building 

Phone Main 4874 



We handle only the 
be^ suburban lots and 
acreage for investment 
and speculation :: :: 



INVESTMENTS 
in the National Capilal 

If you wish to make a 
large or small Invest- 
ment WRITE US. 
Our Stock and Bonds 
are protected by first- 
class Washington 
Real Estate, all on an 
Income- Producing 
Basis. 

We have 8% Invest- 
ments with Complete 
Security. 

Write for Booklet and 
full information. 
Consult us about 
Rent and Sale of City 
and Country property 

American 
Realty Company 

706 11th Street, N.W. 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 



'0i 

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T. C. H. Vance, President .J) 
J. F. Smiley, Vice-President % 
F. A. Vance, vSecy.-Treas. .•))) 



I 



of Commerce 



[61] 



I HENRY T. OFFTERDINGER i 

9. 504 Ninth Street N. W. | 

^. Manufadurer of the J^ 

» 



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AND 



I #^ ^^ DEER HEAD I 

y. 



After Dinner 



4' 



CIGARS 



^- LARGEST FACTORY IN WASHINGTON, D. C. .•)> 

D. FRANK PARKER I 



9. 

:i 

^f JOHN C. PARKER'S SON 

I Stationer 



___________ 4 

1335 G Street. N.W. Washington, D. C. | 



9 

9 Telephone Main 455 

I 



SOIvE AGENT FOR THE 
Edison Mimeograph and Supplies 

Rotary Neostyle and Supplies 



Webster's Typewriter Ribbons and Carbon Papers 



?)) 



9, Automatic Paper Folding Machines, expressly for office use ^ 

I 

9 Headquarters for Office Supplies '£ 

f^ 5 

<*^.'*^.^-^.'^^.<4 -^.^^.^^.^^.^#^.^ ^.<*^.^^.<*^.^^.<^ 
I 62 1 For Further Information write 




'Qhe. ILLUSTRATIONS in this BooKlet 

were made by 

H^e Maurice Joyce Elng'raving Company 



■Bhe 

SOUTHS LEADING ENGRAVING HOUSE 



C We have a Thousand Customers in the Southern States 



Thos. Grant, Sec 'y, Chamber of Commerce 




Joseph Auerbach 

MtnB ©utftltrr 
anil iSntttv 



Manhattan Shirts 



6 months guarantee -with 
Hole-proof Sox 

623 Pennsylvania Ave. 



I 

4 




Established LS75 




E. J. Pullman 

iKobaka : QIampras 

Photo Supplies of 
Every Description 

Developing and 
Printing 

Everything You Need 
or want done in Photography 

Phone Main 767 

420 NINTH STREET 

Branch Store, 459 Pa. Ave. 



High-Grade Shoes | 



In the.Building Devoted 
to Shoe Selling 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 



C. L. PARKER 

Attorney-aMaw 
and Solicitor 
of Patents 



Suite 34, Deitz Buildin^^ 

639 F Street 

Washington, D. C. 

Telephone, Main 3376 



Patents Secured 
Trade-Marks Registered 
Patent Suits Conducted 



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For 



Further Information write 



U^-^ Pi-^^-^ ^-^ ^-^ Pi'^Pi^ p-^Pi^: 



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i 



Time is Money i 




The Underwood 
saves you TIME, in 
fact,lotsof it. Busi- 
ness men appreci- 
ate this — that is 
why we are so busy. 
Send your order to 



Underivoodi 

Typewriter Company | 



1206 F Street Northwest 



E. S. ALVORD, 

President. 



M. H. ACHKSON, 

vice-Prep, and Treas. 



Littlefield, 
Alvord 8r Co. 

General Transportation 

26th, 27th, D and E Sts. N. W. 
Washington^ D. C. 



Wharfage. Storage, Stevedoring, and Rigging. 
Branch Office: Colorado Building. 



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Thos. Grant, Sec'y, Chamber of Commerce [ 65 ] 



Pt^PiUr ^-iirPii^ Pi'-^rPi^ PiUrPi 



While in Washington don't 
fail to visit 

HARVEY'S 
RESTAURANT 

Famous for Filty 
Years for Excel- 
lence of Cuisine 

The Specialties of the House 
are 

SHELL FISH 
TERRAPIN 
and GAME 

A complete Bill of Fare 
served, including Every Deli- 
cacy Known to Gastronomy 



European 



The 
POST 



DINING AND LUNCH 
RODMS 

OPEN ALL NIGHT 
GEO. W. ENGEL, Proprietor 

1301 and 1303 
E STREET. N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 



kir P'^P'Ur P'^P'^ ^-^r^'^r^ 
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M. GOLDSMITH 
&SON 

Jewelers 

1 205 F Street N.W. 

Formerly 91 I Penna. Ave. 

Dnsiinr]i(0)inidl§ 



J(gW(£l©iry 



MEALS A LA CARTE 
At All Hours 

SPECIAL NOON 
LUNCH 12 to 2 

Telephone IVIain 2860 

THE 



WILSON CAFE 



HUGH W. FRED - - Propr 



Club Breakfast. 25c 
6:30 to 1 0:30; Sunday, 7 to 12 

Table d'Hote Dinner, 35c 
4 to 8; Sunday, 12 to 8 

611 611 I 

Twelfth Street, N. W if? 



'*^.<4^.^ ^.<*^.'^ ^<€^.^ -^.^^.^ ^.<^^.^ ^.^^.^ -^.^^."4 
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K^r^'Ur ^'^^"^ m'^cPi^ ^'^^'^ m'-^Pi-kk- Pi'^Pa'' 




^ -if fi wi^w mr Hi_i 



iittj 



The National Hotel 

is one of the 
lead i n g 
hotels of the 
Nation al 
Capital. Its 
location, 
ni i d w a y 
between 

_ the Capitol 

and White 
House o n 
the famous Pennsylvania Avenue, in front of which all street 
car lines pass, renders it most desirable and accessible. It 
has just been modernized at a cost of $75,000, marble floors 
and stairways, electric elevators, telephone, electric light and 
heat in every room, new furn'shings and equipment through- 
out. The only old time home-like hostelry in the city. 

SCHHDlTi^H OK ICAXHS 

American Plan— $2.50 to $4.00 per day each person. 
European Plan— Rooms $1.00 to $2 50 per day. 

G. F. SCHUTT ... - Manager 







I WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA & MT. VERNON | 

^f^ RAILWAY COMPANY Post office Comer. Washington i 

i 



Faft Electric Trains to ^^ 

MOUNX VERIZON I 

every hour on the hour from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. inclusive -^^ 

An Expert Guide on all trains for i^ 

Alexandria and Arliii8:toii .^)J 



National Cemetery every twenty minutes 



.o)J 



WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA & MT. VERNON R. R. | 

Station 12th and Pa. Ave. N.W. opposite P. O. ^ 

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Thos. Grant, SeG'y,Cliaml)er of Commerce [67] 



Pi^Pi-kh^--Ur^-^rPiUr Pi-^PiUrPi^9^--kk^-'yc Pi^^'^Pi^Pi'^^ 

I SIGHT-SEEING AUTOMOBILES | 

I "TOURING WASHINGTON" I 

I^tq Leaves Eveiy Hour on the Hour .^) 

9. FROM I 

I Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. '0^ 

(£ (Opposite New Wlllard Hotel) and ^ 

I 600 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W.. Howard House ?> 

9 Covering Entire City w 

i(f Expert Lecturers on Each Tour -^ 



I 



,^; Operating Five large 40-passenger antes, electric type, no 

'\ noise or smell, no danger, of the most approved modern 

S| make, 19CS models, and one 10-12 passei ger60-H. P. gasoline 

((f touring car for Arlington, Soldiers' Home, Fort Meyei , Vir- 

4 ginia Suburbs. Suburban Rides and Theatre Parties. 

'J. We are the ONLY HOME COMPANY OPERATING IN 

i^ WASHINGTON and give our entire time to the perfection of jjj 

^ the service here. We, therefore, invite the closest inspection ^U 

•(t of our entire equipment and honestly solicit your patronage. -i, 

jji General Offices : 600 Penn. Ave. N. W., Howard House * 

((C _ Telephones: Main 1075. Garage, Main 4230. Night Ser- 



9 



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vice, Columbia 1915 or Columbia 2419. 

For further information, rates, etc., enquire of General 



, ..„ .,.„.,.......„...„...„.,„. I 

JJ> Offices, W^ashington, D. C. 4 

9. .5 

9. ESTABLISHED 1865 i)) 

1 G. G. Cornwell & Son I 



I IMPORTERS i 

I * 

9 ^ 

I iFattriT (grorprtps 5 

(f WINES AND LIQUORS ,)} 

\^ ?> 
I 1412.1416,1414 & 1418 Pennsylvania Avenue * 



I 

I 

[ 68 ] For Further Information write 



I WASHINGTON, D. C. 



>i'^r^N 



^■^^■^^•^^Pi^. 



THE 



George W. Knox Express Co. 

Office: 1417 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. 



Hauling of all Descriptions. Iron Safes, Boilers, and Ma- 
chinery Placed in Position. Estimates Furnished. Fur- 
niture, Pianos, and Household Goods Moved in 
Upholstered Furniture Vans. vSolicitors and 

SHIPPERS OF FREIGHr OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS 
Freight Delivery Agents Pennsylvania R. R. 

Omnibuses and Excursion Wagons for Picnics, etc.. on Rea- 
sonable Terms. Baggage Called for and Delivered to 
Railroad Depo s. Steamboat Wharves. Hotels, 
and Private Residences. Heavy Hauling, 
Moving Iron Safes, Boilers, etc. 
a Specialty 



STORAGE 



General vStorage in vSeparate vSpaces. Household Goods 
and Pianos Stored in Private Rooms. 

Furniture, Pianos, and all Kinds of Goods Packed for Shipment 

Telephone Main 320 



Ask For 



"The-Velvet-Hind" 
PURE ICE CREAM 



Only 

PASTEURIZED CREAM 

Used 



<^" Telephone— Lincoln 390 

Thos. Grant, Sec'y, Chamber of Commerce 



I 

'a 
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ESTABLISHED 1862 



I 



GOLDEN & COMPANY 



.1 

I Commission Merchants * 

((c I 

9. X 

I Beef and Pork Packers and | 

£ Lard Refiners. Butter, Eggs, 4> 

£ Poultry, Live Stock, etc., etc. ^ 

^^^ Sole agents for '4 



Bacon 



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Elk Grove Butter | 



9. 

I 

?: The best produced. Curers * 

? of the celebrated 



4 

Golden Rod Hams and « 



.^> 



'4S 



f Refiners of | 

5 



I Golden Leaf Lard | 



SALESROOMS p); 

I 922 to 928 Louisiana Ave. N. W. | 

3> k 

y Packing House and Lard Refinery ^ 

£ Columbia Pibe, Alexandria County, Va. i 

;#^.^#^.'* -^.5«^.^ ^.^^.^ ^.^^.^ U-Pi^^ P'^^rPi^ p-^hP-^kP^ 

[ 70 ] For Farther Information write 



rPt'^kk-PiUr^'^ ^•^^•^^•fer» 



!9^ =A WASHSIMGTOIM 1I]MPUSTEY= | 

i The A. LOFFLER I 
SAUSAGE and PROVISION CO. ' 




Home 'Dressed Beef, 
Veal, Sheep, 

Hog Products, and 
Sausage "^ifas 



f£ Washington, D. C. 



stands in All 
Markets 



Thos. Grant, Sec'ij, Chamber of Commerce [ 71 



^''kcPi'^Pi'^ PiUcPi'U:^'-. 



I Carter | 




409-410 Munsey Building 



'/': 



I Twin-Engine Car . 

I PATENTED ^. 

I -_^_^^ ; I 

I 

i 

^^' , ABSOLUTELY RELIABLE ^^ 

I- ECONOMICAL POWERFUL SPEEDY | 

I The Carter Twin-Engine Car f 

I marks the highest attainment | 

I in motor car construction fc 

J TheTwin-Engine Principle is adopted by the Navy J 

f Departments of the world, and endorsed by ^^ 

the leading scientific publications ^ 

I of the land | 

^ "The advantages of twin-engines have long been gr 

^ recognized for marine service, and the safeguard f^ 

{■(t against absolute breakdown which a division of [(r 

y power insures is as valuable on an automobile as on jif 

if a steamship. — Scie7itific Americafi. |(c 

t ABSOLUTE RELIABILITY, ECONOMY, DURABIL- f 

i ITY, POWER and SPEED are the merits found in ^ 

;(c all CARTER TWIN-ENGINE CARS >■ 

ff' Catalogue forwarded on request xf: 

I Carter Motor Car Corporation \ 



I 



WASHINGTON, D. C ^^ 

Factory, Hyattsville, Md. if 



For FnrtJicr Information write 



^•^yr^'^r^-^r^-^r^-^ Pi^P^-^^'i^^Ur^'^ p-^P'^^^rPiUrPi^rPi 



ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO. . 

f 

1330 NEW YORK AVE. ^ 

I WASHINGTON, D. C. | 

rrr" ?)i 



NATIONAL 



Jobbers I 

— c 



Sptatbra 



Olmttrartora 



Eledrical Supplies | 

Machinery and Mill Supplies 



Automobile Accessories | 

:^1 



Dynamos and Motors 
Engines and Pumps | 



Contradors for Complete | 

•*• ^ 

Power and Electrical Plants :| 

is 



a; a; 

SEND FOR CATALOGUE 

Thos. Grant, Sec'y, Chamber of Commerce [73] 



Pi-^cPiUr Pi^rPi'^ Pi^^''^ Pi-^^'-^ Pi'y^--^ Pi'^cPi^ Pi^^'^cPi 

I W. B. MOSES & SONS | 

I Founded 1861 Washington. D. C | 

I iFurmtur? : : : i 

I 



iFlnor OIoitmttgH 



= ic 



I 

<^ 

$ 

/(c F Street, Cor. I 1 th Washington, D. C. 

9 

9. 

I 



ALWAYS THE SAME 



i( 812 F STREET, N.W. 

9 

3^ Special Private Delivery Phone Main 1141 



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[ 74 ] For Further Information write 



:^r^'^^'^ ^•^r^i'fer^'^r^b-^r^ 



The Washington Loan and Trust Co. 

Capital, $1,000,000. Surplus, $700,000 

Allows interest on deposits, the 
same being subject to check, Acts 
as executor, administrator, trus- 
tee, guardian, etc. Buys, sells, 
rents, repairs, and insures real 
estate. Rents safe deposit boxes 
and stores valuables. Issues letters 
of credit and travelers' checks to 
persons traveling abroad. 




This company is organized un- 
der act of Congress, and is under 
the supervision of the Comptroller 
of the Currency of the United 
States. 



jouiM jov KDSON, President 



'a 

1 

300 1-lb. loaves to the barrel « 

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— Is a true blended flour. 

— Is absolutely pure. 

— Is richest in nutriment. 

— Is best for bread. 

— Is best for cakes. 

— Is best for pastry. 

— Is cheapest because best. 

— Insist on having it. 

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B. B. Earnshaw & Bro. 



Wholesalers 



1105. 1107. 1109 Eleventh St. S. E. 
1000. 1002 N Street Setttheast 



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great commercial activity and progress T 

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((?; salesmen, their large and varied stock of depend- 4| 

^. able merchandise, and with an earned reputation 4 

j[ for prompt shipment, right prices and excellent -^ 

i| service, they have come to enjoy a very large .-])) 

^ local business and a very extensive shipping trade. T 

J(?; Their traveling representatives canvass the 'i 

•T neighboring States of Maryland, Virginia, West '-^^ 

J Virginia, North Carolina, and Southern Penn- :'i>^ 

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((t; The special line of Beaver tools and cutlery, T 

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.^ larity throughout their territory by reason of their ^ 

^ uniform high quality and finish. £ 

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The 

U. S. Naval Academy 

and Historic 

Colonial Annapolis 

are now easily accessible to Washington via 

The Electric Line 



One Hour's Run. $1.25 Round Trip. 

Palace Cars leave White House Station, Fifteenth and H 

Sts. N. E , Hourly from 6.30 A. M. 
Tickets at Station or at City Ticket Office, Fourteenth Street 

and New York Ave. N. W. 



The Monumental City 
BALTIMORE 

is also connected with Washington by 

The Greatest Double - Trach Electric 
Interurban Railway in the world 

Cars from same Station Every Half Hour. 
Seventy Minutes. $ 1 .25 Round Trip. 



Baggage ChecKed Free 

Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis 
Electric Railway Company 



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